Vegan Pancake Cupcakes

Wondering why I didn’t start this recipe post with a photo of the finished product? Um, because I made these with a three-year-old and seven-year-old and they decorated them with Scooby Doo fruit snacks so… gross. Yeah.

Anyway, it’s not a big deal – I was home with Teno and Milo on Wednesday because the Remnants release party was that night. We tried baking some ice cream cone cupcakes but some kind of freaky magic happened and they turned into soup. So, on our second try we did a hybrid of two of my favorite recipes – Julie Hasson’s French toast cupcakes and maple cupcakes from Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World.

What we ended up with were some of the moistest, fluffiest maple and cinnamon cupcakes I’ve ever had – and a couple of very entertained little boys.

To make the cupcakes you’ll need:

1/2 cup soy milk

1/2 tsp apple cider vinegar

1 & 1/3 cups all-purpose flour

3/4 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp ground cinnamon

1/2 cup maple syrup

1/3 cup canola oil

2 Tbs brown sugar

1 & 1/4 tsp maple extract

1/2 tsp vanilla extract

And for the vegan maple buttercream you’ll need:

2 cups confectioner’s sugar

6 Tbs Earth Balance margarine

6 Tbs non-hydrogenated vegetable shortening

2 Tbs maple syrup

1/2 tsp maple extract

Pinch salt

Then you:

Pre-heat your oven to 350 degrees; line a cupcake pan with paper liners. Whisk the soy milk and vinegar together in a large measuring cup, set aside to curdle. Sift the flour, baking powder, salt and cinnamon into a large bowl. Whisk the maple syrup, oil, brown sugar, maple and vanilla extracts into the soy milk mixture. Form a well in the fry ingredients and pour in the wet ingredients – stir until the large lumps are gone. Fill the cups 2/3 full and bake 20-22 minutes or until the tops spring back when lightly touched. Cool in the pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes, then remove from the pan and cool completely.

To make the frosting, beat all of the ingredients together until they’re pale and fluffy.

Like I said – not a big deal. It’s one of my favorite recipes from one book mixed with a favorite from another. Whatevs. People asked for it and there it is. Oh! And I also have a neat apron from Cupcake Provocateur to give away! Of course, if you see another one that strikes your fancy you can always use the code to your right to save 10% on it!

I asked this question on Twitter today, so I’m going to ask it again – leave me a comment with your answer between today and the end of the week (8/14) and one of you will win this apron – if you were an mma fighter what would your intro music be?

Either “Pursuit of Vikings” by Amon Amarth, or “You Can’t Being Me Down” by Suicidal Tendencies. The second one has probably already been taken. I think I saw either the Tapout or Affliction website using it to sell tshirts at one point.

Oddly enough, my husband and I had this conversation not too long ago. My intro would be One by Metallica but it would have to start at the part where its all instrumental because that’s where it gets hard. 🙂

Oh, and I love your background! I just bought a pair of socks in this same pattern and color scheme.

Tina Ranieri
on August 10, 2009 at 8:56 am

Hello dollfriend!

Love your blog, I also post some of your days to my yahoogroup, at home base…. I post them just as you have them, I hope thats cool. I love your blog its so awesome and you are adorable!

And the project with the boys sounds like a blast, even if there were some mishaps, but the final cupcakes sound fab!

Xtal
on August 11, 2009 at 5:57 am

“Walk” by Pantera….where did RVD go anyway?

Marina
on August 11, 2009 at 9:08 am

Scooby Doo fruit snacks on top of cupcakes sound a little delicious right now, but I’m pretty sure that’s the pregnancy talking!
I would totally be walking out to “Riot, Riot Upstart” by Agnostic Front!
Love your blog ^v^

“Chick Habit” by April March. Or possibly “Help!” by The Beatles, because I’m sure I’d die within the first 3 seconds. I was also gonna say “Why Can’t We Be Friends” but then I remembered that I probably stole that from The Simpsons, when Homer was a boxer. Stupid brain, stop infringing!